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NEW YORK – Bombardier says it plans to cut approximately 7,000 jobs over two years, with 220 of those layoffs in Wichita over the next year.

Mark Masluch, company spokesman, says 150 of those jobs will be in the Bombardier business aircraft division and 70 will be from product development and engineering. The jobs will impact both union and non-union workers.

“This is a difficult decision related to right-sizing the company,” said Masluch.

The positions to be eliminated are mostly in Canada and Europe, Bombardier said. The biggest cut — 3,200 positions — will be in the transportation segment. The aerostructures and engineering services unit will eliminate 2,500 jobs, while the product development engineering, aerospace division will cut 800 positions. The business aircraft segment will eliminate 500 jobs.

Bombardier Inc. has been modifying production rates for some of its aircraft and said it is adjusting its workforce to meet market demand. In addition, aerospace development programs and projects are slowing down as expected, so employee levels are being looked at to match future workloads.